Published date: 31 October 2017

This notice was replaced on 19 March 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 19 March 2018)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

  • Industrial machinery - 42000000

Location of contract

EH9 3HJ

Value of contract

£45,000

Procurement reference

UKSBS PR17118

Published date

31 October 2017

Closing date

28 November 2017

Contract start date

18 December 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2018

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 28th November 2017 14:00 HOURS BST.
Scope of requirement: Manufacture and construction of an Optical Bench.
DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER. To express your interest in this opportunity email expressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. To register on our e-sourcing portal click on https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and follow the link "Supplier eSourcing registration". Note: Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this is unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.
MOONS (Multi-Objects Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph) is a new concept for an astronomical spectrograph for the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). It has been selected by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in response to a call for proposals for the development of 3rd generation instrumentation.
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), through its UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC), require a Cryostat Optical Bench to be manufactured and constructed as part of the MOONS project.
The MOONS Spectrograph design consists of two identical cryogenic spectrographs. Each spectrograph incorporates three cameras fed by fibre optics. The optical elements of each Spectrograph will be mounted on an Optical Bench inside a vacuum vessel, cooled to cryogenic temperatures (about 120K).

The Scope of this requirement is for the Optical Bench. The Optical Bench must be fabricated in Aluminium due to the operational weight constraint of the instrument. The Optical Bench must be capable of operating with no trapped volume.
The Optical Bench will be machined flat after fabrication and will require multiple machining operations after fabrication.

The contract will be awarded based on the criteria set out on the sourcing documents.

For the full technical specification, please see the following documents: 'PR17118 MOONs Cryostat Optical Bench Drawing number VLT-DWG-MON-14620-00-330-050-B' and supporting lower level drawings which are provided as attachments within the e-sourcing platform https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sso/jsp/login.jsp

More information

Attachments

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER Note: Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authority's control " As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS can use the CCS eSourcing Suite for future procurements. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris by following the link "Register for CCS eSourcing". Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered Bidder; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be assessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents with Contracts Finder.
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About the buyer

Contact name

Patrick McLaughlin

Address

Polaris House,
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk